Devotion to Santa Rita for an impossible cause

PRAYER FOR IMPOSSIBLE AND DESPERATE CASES

O dear Saint Rita, our Patroness even in impossible cases and Advocate in desperate cases, let God free me from my present affliction ... ... and remove anxiety, which is pressing so hard on my heart. For the anguish that you experienced on so many similar occasions, have compassion on my person who is devoted to you, who confidently asks for your intervention in the Divine Heart of our Crucified Jesus. O dear Saint Rita, guide my intentions in these humble prayers and fervent wishes. By amending my past sinful life and obtaining the forgiveness of all my sins, I have the sweet hope of one day enjoying God in paradise together with you for all eternity. So be it.

Saint Rita, patroness of desperate cases, pray for us.

Saint Rita, advocate of impossible cases, intercede for us.

3 Pater, Ave and Gloria.

Under the weight and in the anguish of pain, to you who all call the Saint of the impossible, I resort to the confidence of soon having helped. Please free my poor heart, from the distress that oppresses it everywhere, and restore calm to this spirit that groans, always full of worries. And since every means of obtaining relief is useless, I totally trust you that you were chosen by God for the advocate of the most desperate cases. If they are an obstacle to the fulfillment of my desires, my sins, obtain repentance and forgiveness from God. Do not allow, no longer, to shed tears of bitterness, reward my firm hope, and I will give knowledge of your great mercies to afflicted souls everywhere. O admirable bride of the Crucifix, intercede now and always for my needs.

3 Pater, Ave and Gloria

PRAYER TO SANTA RITA FOR PEACE IN THE FAMILY

O God, author of peace and loving custodian of charity, looks upon our family benevolently and mercifully. See, O Lord, how often he is in discord and how peace moves away from it. Have mercy on us. Make peace return, because only you can grant it. O Jesus, King of peace, listen to us for the merits of Mary Most Holy, queen of peace, and also for the merits of your faithful servant, Saint Rita, who enriched herself with so much charity and sweetness that she was an angel of peace wherever she saw discord. And you, dear Saint, pray to obtain this grace from the Lord for our family and all families in difficulty. Amen.

PRAYER OF THE BRIDE IN SANTA RITA

O glorious Saint Rita, although you got married to obey your parents, you became an excellent Christian bride and a good mother. Get God's help for me too, so that I can live my married life well. Pray that I will have the strength to remain faithful to God and my husband. Take care of us, of the children that the Lord will want to give us, of the various commitments that we will have to face. Let nothing disturb our concord. The angels of peace assist our home, remove discord and increase the understanding and love that unites souls redeemed by the blood of Jesus. Grant that, even through your intercession, one day we come to praise God in heaven, in the Kingdom of eternal and perfect love.

O glorious Saint Rita, you out of obedience to your parents, you subjected yourself to the marital status, and you proved yourself a true model of a Christian bride. Here I am at your feet to open my heart to you, in need of God's help and your protection. You, who suffered in married life, obtain the necessary strength to keep me faithful to my spouse. Take care of our people, sanctify our work, bless our every enterprise, so that everything returns to the glory of God and to our common advantage. Nothing ever disturbs our harmony. Let our house prosper, O S. Rita; the angels of peace assist you, abandon all evil discord, charity reigns supreme, and love that unites two hearts, that binds two souls redeemed by the pure Blood of Jesus, never fails. Presents, o Saint Rita , this prayer to the Lord, and make my husband and I one day come to praise God in Heaven. Amen.

PRAYER OF THE WAITING MOTHER

At your birth, o Saint Rita, you had the symbolic name of a gem and a flower. Look lovingly at me that I am about to become a mother. You too became a mother of two children, whom you loved and educated as only a holy mother can do. Pray for the Lord to grant me the grace of the child, whom we await with my husband as a gift from heaven. As of now we offer it to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary and we also entrust it to your protection. May the miracle of a new life blessed by God be performed in joy.

MOTHER'S PRAYER

O Immaculate Virgin, mother of Jesus and my mother, through the intercession of Saint Rita, help me in the sweet and serious responsibility of being a mother. To you I entrust, O Mother, the children whom I love so much and for whom I am anxious, I hope and rejoice. Teach me to guide them like Saint Rita, with a sure hand in the way of God. Make me tender without weakness and strong without hardness. Get me that loving patience that never tires and offers and endures for the eternal salvation of its creatures. Help me, Mother. Form my heart in the image of yours and make my children see in me a reflection of your virtues, so that, after learning from me to love and follow you in this life, they come one day to praise you and bless you in heaven. Mary, Queen of Saints, you also have the protection of Saint Rita for my children.

PRAYER TO S. RITA, MODEL OF LIFE

Saint Rita of Cascia, model of brides, mothers of families and religious, I resort to your intercession in the most difficult moments of my life. You know that sadness often oppresses me, because I cannot find the way out in so many painful situations, both material and spiritual. Obtain for me from the Lord the graces I need, especially the serene trust in God and inner calm. Arrange for me to imitate your sweet gentleness, your strength in trials and your heroic charity and ask the Lord that my sufferings can benefit all my loved ones and that everyone can be saved for eternity.